Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 7)

Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

You drive for show, but putt for dough.

South African professional golfer

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf.

(1866 – 1946) English author

Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting.

golf writer

The main problem with keeping your eye on the ball is you have to take your eye off your opponent.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

[The ball] came out like a dead mouse from a cornfield.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

But if you figure in the wind chill factor, it’s only 102.

professional golfer

The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off; I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I make the putt.

Spanish professional golfer

If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.

golf writer

Dead Golfer Plays His Best Round

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse.

Welsh-born Scottish writer

The older you get the stronger the wind gets… and it's always in your face.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

What goes up must come down.  But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

Golf is not so much a sport as an insult to lawns.

That ball is so far left Lassie couldn’t find it if it was wrapped in bacon.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The proper score for a businessman golfer is 90. If he is better than that he is neglecting his business. If he's worse, he's neglecting his golf.

Go ahead and putt, you are not interrupting my conversation. 


One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

That was a great shot – if they’d put the pin there today.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator